How To Read Better And Faster is a book that teaches reading techniques to its readers - techniques that can help them increase their reading speed and retention.
This is a book that teaches readers not just how to read faster, but also techniques that can help them retain what they have read. Speed reading techniques are not just about counting how many words an individual can read in a minute. To actually read something states that it is important that the person understands what is being read.
How To Read Better And Faster by Norman Lewis is based on the premise that one’s reading speed is linked to concentration and retention. One cannot happen without the other. So, if a person’s reading speed increases, a significant increase in his concentration and powers of retention should also be noted.
The book shows readers some practical ways in which they can increase their reading speed. It contains exercises that can be practised to achieve an increase in one’s reading speed. It defines goals and shows the reader different ways in which he can achieve those goals. This approach makes it easy for the reader to apply the skills taught in the book and check the results.
Increasing one’s reading speed can be helpful in many situations - for students who are going through a lot of study material to prepare for their exams, for business executives who have to go through a lot of notes and reports in a day, for researchers who have to go through piles of reference material, and the list goes on.
The book even teaches readers how to look at a page and take in the main points, and how to build their reading vocabulary. Regardless of whether the reader just wants to scan a newspaper faster, finish a novel in a few hours, or go through huge amounts of reference material faster, this book is always useful.
About The Author
Norman Lewis was an American author, and has written many books on language and reading skills.
Some of his other books are Word Power Made Easy, Rapid Vocabulary and Thirty Days to Better English. His books, 30 Days To A More Powerful Vocabulary and Correct Spelling Made Easy, are also very popular.
Born in the year 1913, Norman Lewis attended Columbia University, where he graduated with a Master’s in English. His books on grammar, punctuation, and pronunciation were bestsellers. He died at the age of 93, in the year 2006 in California.
Table Of Contents
1. How'to Read Better and Faster Than You Now Do
2. How to Develop a Sense of Urgency When You Read
3. How to Vary Your Rate According to Your Purpose
4. How to Read for Main Ideas
5. How Efficient Is Your Reading?
6. All About Perception
7. Inner Speech, Lip Movements, Vocalization, and Regressions
8. How to Get the Gist Quickly
9. Test Your Reading Vocabulary
10. How to Read with Aggressive Comprehension
11. How to X-Ray Material
12. How to Skim
13. More Practice in Driving for the Gist
14. How to Whip Through Material with Good Comprehension
15. How to Read with a Questioning Mind
16. The Importance of Skepticism
17. Final Training in Rapid Comprehension
18. Final Practice Tests in Faster Reading
19. Last Words--a Plan for the Future
